Show lining of cavie Th Thic leyes I 1 albuquerque N IAL sept 5 A desperate shooting affair occurred last night C at holbrook Holu rook apache county arizona in which and andy y cooper and a half brother named samuel elevens blevens were killed by sheriff Oi and john elevens and muse E B roberts r wounded the former slightly the latter mortally the killed and wounded have b been een members of a desperate desp erae gang of cattle thieves who have been a terror to the law abiding citizens of yavapai and apache counties they openly boasted that the officers c ers were afraid to arrest them they have lately been engage engaged d in in a c cattle attle war at tonto basin bas ii n in which several lives were lost sheriff ersh Miu veney of yavapai co county ul ity accompanied by deputy sli sheriffs er its francis and odell havica berm bemi in pursuit of this gang 0 for several weeks but were unable to effect their capture on monday last owens learned that t the he four men had arrived at holbrook and were residing in a small house bouse near tho the railroad track armed with a winchester the officer started alone to arrest the arriving at the house lie he knocked arid and upon the door being opened by andy cooper the allicer informed inn he be had a siv warrant arrant for his arrest the only reply was a bullet which pas red bed through the she sheriffs coat for tuna tely not injuring him birn the fire was returned and coopis fell dead the shooting then beca became m e general ge owens took a position at the window shooting shooing all three mon inside the house samuel ble blevans cna one of the killed is a boy only 14 years of age hut but fully as des desperate as a s his elder companions the coroners jury exonerated sheriff owens who has the sympathy of the entre entire L community |